"Many of today's entrenched software solutions don't have mobile counterparts -- let alone an open
platform for third-party mobile developers to leverage," Levie wrote in a blog post this morning.
To support the expansion and to handle Box's relationships with developers, the company hired Chris Yeh, former head of the Yahoo Developer Network as vice president, platform. Before Yahoo, he was vice president of marketing at Tacit Software, which was acquired by Oracle in 2008.